DutchGrasstrack

2022 dates: 02.07.2022 06.08.2022 03.09.2022 23.09.2022 There will be 2 Polish + 2 foreign rounds. Last one rumoured as Pardubice.

From FIM Europe. Apparently some federations switched riders. Very confusing indeed.

Training pics: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/2160/ek-ijsspeedway-in-tomaszow-mazowiecki-van-start-met-vrije-training Race pics: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/2161/nederlanders-net-buiten-de-finales-tijdens-ek-ijsspeedway-in-tomaszow-mazowiecki

They had three little tractors this year. Big improvement of last year, but they have to add more to speed it up a little. Crazy amount of crashes also realy dragged the meeting. Only half of the field had some practice in either Sweden or Russia, and riders where clearly a little rusty. Nice weekend though in Tomaszow Russian season will kick-off next weekend in Kamensk Uralsky, and Hans Weber will be the only non-Russian competing and is now on his way. Talking to most of the non-Rusians it seems that most will head to Sweden for practice, and also competing in the Swedish league meetings in January.

There will be multiple changes to the proposed lineup above. No Brit, no Swiss. Holland, Czechia and Sweden got a extra place.

Full calendar annouched for next years FIM Long Track 2023 Qualifiers: 12/6 - Qualifier - Bielefeld 13/7 - Chalenge - Marmande (wednesday holiday) Finals: 3/7 - Muhldorf 21/8 - Scheessel 3/9 - Morizes 10/9 - Vechta 25/9 - Roden TBA - Rzeszow Nations: 26/5 - Herxheim (thursday holiday)

2022 Calendar: 06 June DMSB Qualifying Round Abensberg Germany 11 June FMU Qualifying Round Rivne Ukraine 11 June MAMS Qualifying Round Nagyhalasz Hungary 11 June SMF Qualifying Round Žarnovica Slovakia 20 August ACU Challenge Glasgow Scotland

Initial lineup: http://www.zlataprilba.cz/startovni-listina-na-72-zlata-prilba-mesta-pardubic/

These have been confirmed so far: 12/13 february - Togliatti 5/6 march - Berlin 12/13 march - Inzell

Fogo Unia Leszno 1. Damian Baliński 2. Szymon Szlauderbach 15. Zooleszcz DPV Logistic GKM Grudziądz 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak 4. Przemysław Pawlicki 16. Norbert Krakowiak Moje Bermudy Stal Gorzów 5. Rafał Karczmarz 6. Kamil Pytlewski 17. Eltrox Włókniarz Częstochowa 7. Bartosz Smektała 8. Kacper Woryna 18. Mateusz Świdnicki Ewinner Apator Toruń 9. Paweł Przedpełski 10. Krzysztof Lewandowski 19. Karol Żupiński Marwis.pl Falubaz Zielona Góra 11. Piotr Protasiewicz 12. Damian Pawliczak 20. Mateusz Tonder Betard Sparta Wrocław 13. Michał Curzytek 14. Przemysław Liszka 21.

I will provide live updates from track-side: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/481/maxim-power-mistrzostwa-polski-par-klubowych-grudziadz.html

There will be a change because Hansen announced he is out for the season.

Pardubice live update link: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/475/fim-long-track-world-championship-challenge-pardubice.html

Raining again. Delayed by half a hour.

Now dry here in Malilla.

Mateusz Cierniak

Very sad news! Phil helped me to get started as photographer at the GP's around 10 years ago, and also with my first publications in the Star. Great to talk with him. Always friendly. RIP my friend.

PL: Dominik Kubera, Bartosz Smektala, Gleb Chugunov, Wiktor Lampart, Jakub Miśkowiak SK/SI: Nick Škorja, Anže Grmek, Miran Praznik, Jakub Valkovič SE: Jonathan Grahn, Phillip Hellström-Bängs, Filip Hjelmland, Alexander Woentin, Anton Karlsson CZ: Jan Kvěch, Petr Chlupáč, Daniel Klíma, Jan Mac, Daniel Šilhán

Great racing in Rivne today in front of 4000 people! I was very surprised to see so many people

No that’s an other retired Dutch sidecar (and icespeedway) rider Sven Holstein. Their kids are racing too now

Big rain after practice but dry all meeting

Yes his son!

I will provide live updates from Rivne: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/472/european-125cc-youth-track-racing-cup-rivne.html

My pics from Brokstedt: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/2125/zware-middag-voor-team-nl-in-brokstedt-maar-de-opgedane-ervaring-telt